University of Wisconsin - Stout

The tutors at the University of Wisconsin-Stout Writing Center are interviewed, hired and trained undergraduate students who are committed to working with anyone who comes in to the writing center. They will provide you with valuable and skillful feedback about your writing from the brainstorming process and getting started to looking at your final product and helping you with issues from organization and development or transitions to citation. They are dedicated professionals.
Jessica Halverson

Name: Jessica Halverson
Senior

Major: Interior Design

Favorite Author(s): Mercedes Lackey

Favorite Book : Song in the Silence, Sing the Four Quarters,
I'm A Stranger Here Myself

Tutoring Specialty: Resumes, Research Papers, and Brainstorming

Vanessa Kuettel

Name: Vanessa Kuettel
Sophomore

Major: Human Development and Family Studies

Favorite Author: Janet Evanovich

Favorite Book(s):Bel Canto, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the Stephanie Plum novels

Tutoring Specialty:research papers, MLA, brainstorming,scholarship applications, creative writing, research essays, argumentative essays

When in doubt: APA or MLA handouts

JoDee Martin

Name: JoDee Martin
Sophomore

Major: Retail Merchandising and Management/Business Administration; Minor in Spanish

Favorite Author: Meg Cabott

Favorite Book(s): The Secret Garden, Tale of Two Cities, andGreat Gatsby

Tutoring Specialty:esumes, MLA, graduate and research papers, brainstorming, scholarship applications

Jen Seward

Name: Jen Seward
Senior

Major: Interior Design; Minor: Philosophy

Favorite Author: Amy Vergin

Favorite Books: Harry Potter (of course)

Tutoring Specialty:APA, MLA, brainstorming, creative writing, art history

When in doubt: A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker

Ashley Smolen

Name: Ashley Smolen
Senior

Major:Food Systems and Technologywith an emphasis in Food Communications

Favorite Author: Jodi Picoult

Favorite Book(s): The Time Traveler's Wife, The Truth About Forever

Tutoring Specialty: resumes and cover letters, MLA, APA, research and graduate papers, brainstorming

When in doubt: The Bedford Handbook, WriteSource, the Internet (credible sites only, of course!)

Tasha Sookochoff

Name:Tasha Sookoshoff
Senior

Major: Technical Communication; minor: Journalism

Favorite Author(s): Jonathon Safran Foer, Chuck Klosterman,
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nicole Krauss

Favorite Book(s): Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The World Without Us, IV, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and On the Road

Tutoring Specialty: resumes & cover letters, MLA, organization and thesis development, creative writing

When in doubt: OWL and Writing Intensive
APA Style Guide, The Bedford Handbook